batadv_hash_new(9)

batadv_hash_new(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for batadv_hash_new, and it’s literally the “allocate and clear a hashtable” function. it’s giving foundational, no cap ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_hash_new — Allocates and clears the hashtable 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct batadv_hashtable * batadv_hash_new (u32 size );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• size — number of hash buckets to allocate 🪣 — that’s the bucket count, bestie, fr fr.

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💖 RETURN 💖

newly allocated hashtable, NULL on errors 😭 — so like, you get the fresh new hashtable, or NULL if it goes sideways.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/hash.c — plus these iconic besties: batadv_hash_init(9), batadv_hash_destroy(9), batadv_hash_set_lock_class(9) 🫶✨

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mwah 💋 — source/version is ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, page batadv_hash_new(9).